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#TheBookThief is one of my absolute favourite books 📖, and I‘m happy I own the English version now too! Although, I have to admit that this book is actually better in the German translation?! It works so much better without random German phrases sprinkled in.

I‘m spending the long weekend at my parents and today, we used our small boat 🚤 for the 1st time this year and enjoyed the sun ☀️.

This book was a cool read it shows so much emotion. I would recommend if you like history novels.

“I was foolish.“
“No,“ Papa said. “You were a boy.“

I enjoyed the plot of the book thief. It was interesting how death was the narrator, but it was very sad as well. I did however get a little more insight about the holocaust through this book.

This book is a great depiction of the struggle of the people who‘s lives were changed because of World War II. It shows it from the perspective of the people in Germany who did not conform to the Nazi regime. It filled a young girl who‘s life is torn apart by the war but finds her way of getting through by reading books.

good book

the book was interesting, but too slow for my liking. there was a plot, but it was extremely slow paced. the end is really sad.

I like the storyline but I didn‘t like how slow it was. The ending was sad

I loved this book!!! It was great!!! I had all sorts of emotions while reading this book. It was a great take on World War II!!! I love the characters so much!!! I rated this book a 5 out of 5 stars!!! #20in4 readathon @Andrew65

I liked the book. It showed a lot on what was happening with the war to the people that weren‘t a part of that actually war part. Young and old and how it affected them.

pretty good, have read it before and makes me cry every time

This book is written in a unique style, as it is told from the perspective of Death but follows the story of a 10-year-old girl named Liesel. The writing is broken up by announcements or interjections in bold font that clarify aspects of the story, which helps with the flow of the story. I like the third-person narrative because it offers insight into all the characters and into the mind of Death himself.

Brilliant book, really heartbreaking and Death as the narrator gives it a very unique prospective.

Seriously, what took me so long to read this book? It‘s heartbreaking and stunning and so beautifully written. I loved it. This one deserves all of the hype. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Sad subject, superb writing 🤌

A reread but for the life of me I couldn‘t remember anything about the book from when I read it the first time 🤦🏻‍♀️ and I‘m so glad I reread it. An absolutely wonderful way to tell a story especially during WWII from Deaths perspective. And although it‘s a tough and heartbreaking read, most of the book is so lively following Liesel around!

I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.

Me…tomorrow morning, no doubt. 🙋‍♀️😅😴

My son had to read and annotate The Book Thief for school, so I decided to do it with him. He had to have 20 annotations per section, so he had a lot more than I did. We finished today, with both of us crying A LOT.

Any other Zach Bryan fans out there? ❤️😎🎶🎤😁

A heart breaking read, but could not put it down.

I‘m in Berlin this weekend. This is a memorial at the Bahnhof Friedrichstraße. It‘s called Trains to Death, Trains to Life 1938-1945 and it remembers the deported families. Most of them were deported to the East, where they were brutally murdered. Only some of them had the chance to flee Germany and to survive. Yesterday was the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. We remember.

#Berlin #History

Very interesting to have death as the author. Good book. Definitely recommend.😁

Very good plot and with a very interesting point of view.

This book is very good. I appreciate the tone of the narrator(who happens to be death). This might sound strange but the book is set during WW2 and even in Nazi Germany. It follows a young girl, Liesil who‘s brother dies on the way for them to be adopted by the Hubermanns. This book is sad but beautiful and definitely worth a read.

I loved this book, it kept me interested the whole time I read. The only thing I didn't like about this book was how the narrator gave too big of hints about what is going to happen at the end. Other than that, I would highly recommend all to read this book.

This book is an overall enjoyable read, had a decent plot definitely a ride of different emotions. Personally not one I would re read, but I enjoyed the relationships between characters and the storyteller being death. I think there can be a lot of take aways such as appreciating loved ones and moments, making the most of situations because death is inevitable.

I think this book, it really show how hard life was during the time of war. In the book, showed that Max under the hard life because he is Jew. Also, the cruel of the war, that all of Liesel‘s family are dead because of the war. Overall, this is a great show the cruel of war, I like it.

I overall would give this book a solid 8/10, it contained the background of WW2 history and it showed how people of Germany were affected from what Adolf Hitler was doing.

An exciting novel filled with suspense and mystery with an interesting outlook of the life of a German girl living through Hitler‘s reign.

I thought the book was pretty good overall. I stayed interested throughout the book and I thought it was neat how the author used foreshadowing so the reader isn‘t clueless on certain details of the story.

If your eyes could speak what would they say.

This book is full of suspense and is very descriptive.

Historical fiction. This book take place in 1939 Germany during the time of Nazi power. She learns to read and love reading in a time of so many uncertainties.

I loved this book! It was really good! I liked it because it gave me a little bit of a perspective on World War II.

I think this quote is powerful, especially for the day and age did this book is based out of.

I like a story is told in first person by the kid that could be around the age that I could be teaching it gives perspective. It helps the children understand the holocaust better

In The Book Thief, a little girl named Liesel is placed in a new household since her mother cannot afford to care for her. Death, the narrative's narrator, develops into a person you admire and even feel sad for at the story's conclusion. The narration offers an odd viewpoint on the narrative.

If your eyes could speak, what would they say?

I like this book because it is full of suspense. I never put it down and I like how descriptive it was.

This book takes place in 1939 in Germany. The Nazis have taken over and this little girl is taken to her new family. She leaned to read and fall in love with reading.

I liked it, but there could‘ve been some changes. It was sad and the progression was pretty gradual, but the buildup led to an underwhelming ending. I liked the writing style and the concept of Death being the narrator. It allowed me to grow emotionally connected with the characters and get an unbiased view of the storyline.

Overall I really enjoyed death narration of this book. However I thought the book was a little dark and slow moving. Overall I would suggest this book but it would not be one of my top favorites to suggest.

This book is just a great book that I felt like I had to work to get through, but it was worth it. I don‘t think there‘s many books told during this time period about German families. It shows that not everyone believed in or sided with Hitler. I really liked that aspect.
I found that Zusak had made me care about the characters and their fates. There‘s no doubt that this is a very moving book and I was close to tears once or twice near the end.

I really enjoyed the book. After I read it, I watched the movie with my classmates in our Novel class. While watching, I expected many things to happen but never did or there were scenes that were added to the movie. I enjoyed the book more than the movie, even though it had a slow plot line in the beginning. Once the plot picks up speed, it is a very entertaining book.

I mostly enjoyed this book. I thought the plot was good. I didn‘t particularly think the writing was impressive and I wasn‘t a fan of the amount of foreshadow used.

Such an interesting point of view from deaths perspective. Hans was by far my favorite but you get to know all the characters pretty well. Overall I enjoyed the read

I liked the book. I think it was pretty interesting and some of the parts I wasn‘t expecting. I didn‘t like how it told you what was going to happen instead of foreshadowing it. Overall a good book

I though The Book Thief was a very good book. I always felt the need to keep reading. I enjoyed how easy of a read it was , and I liked his use of short sentences even though the book was long. I loved that he wrote from deaths point of view. That was very interesting to me. Overall the book was great and I would highly recommend giving it a read!